TL;DR (I only have a minute right now), does this change ANYTHING about the doll except a little note on the box she comes in?
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TL;DR (I only have a minute right now), does this change ANYTHING about the doll except a little note on the box she comes in?
The new Barbie wears continuous glucose monitor (CGM), a device that tracks blood sugar levels, on her arm — while holding a phone displaying an accompanying app. She also has an insulin pump attached to her waist. And the doll carries a blue purse that can be used to carry other essential supplies or snacks on the go.
Back in my day we just used our imaginations to make Barbie be whatever we wanted.
But now kids with Type 1 diabetes loading up their bodyweight can join in on the Barbie-borne eating disorders., because...
This new doll “enables more children to see themselves reflected in Barbie,”
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The new Barbie wears continuous glucose monitor (CGM), a device that tracks blood sugar levels, on her arm — while holding a phone displaying an accompanying app. She also has an insulin pump attached to her waist. And the doll carries a blue purse that can be used to carry other essential supplies or snacks on the go.
Back in my day we just used our imaginations to make Barbie be whatever we wanted.
But now kids with Type 1 diabetes loading up their bodyweight can join in on the Barbie-borne eating disorders., because...
This new doll “enables more children to see themselves reflected in Barbie,”
Type 1 is something you're born with. Type 2 is not exclusively from overeating.
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Type 1 is something you're born with. Type 2 is not exclusively from overeating.
in fact i have never seen someone with type 1 diabetes who wasn't explicitly underweight because they have to count carbs or die
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The new Barbie wears continuous glucose monitor (CGM), a device that tracks blood sugar levels, on her arm — while holding a phone displaying an accompanying app. She also has an insulin pump attached to her waist. And the doll carries a blue purse that can be used to carry other essential supplies or snacks on the go.
Back in my day we just used our imaginations to make Barbie be whatever we wanted.
But now kids with Type 1 diabetes loading up their bodyweight can join in on the Barbie-borne eating disorders., because...
This new doll “enables more children to see themselves reflected in Barbie,”
Back in my day we just used our imaginations to make Barbie be whatever we wanted.
and just look at the bitter asshole you turned out to be!
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Thanks, Captain.
A broad DCCT (Diabetes Control and Complications Trial) study conducted in the United States, with a population of people living with Type 1 diabetes, established that intensive insulin-based treatments (pump or at least three insulin injections per day, with a view to returning blood sugar levels to a normal range) which allowed for better control over blood sugar levels, had also caused an average weight gain of 4.8 kg compared with traditional treatments (a maximum of two insulin injections per day and broader blood sugar targets).
I have a friend with T1 that used to skip meals to stay skinny after switching to a pump caused weight gain that couldn't be exercised off. This is what young girls do.
Are you a Mattel employee?
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Thanks, Captain.
A broad DCCT (Diabetes Control and Complications Trial) study conducted in the United States, with a population of people living with Type 1 diabetes, established that intensive insulin-based treatments (pump or at least three insulin injections per day, with a view to returning blood sugar levels to a normal range) which allowed for better control over blood sugar levels, had also caused an average weight gain of 4.8 kg compared with traditional treatments (a maximum of two insulin injections per day and broader blood sugar targets).
I have a friend with T1 that used to skip meals to stay skinny after switching to a pump caused weight gain that couldn't be exercised off. This is what young girls do.
Are you a Mattel employee?
What are you talking about? Are you saying that Type 1 causes eating disorders? What does that have to do with what I was saying?
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Back in my day we just used our imaginations to make Barbie be whatever we wanted.
and just look at the bitter asshole you turned out to be!
Yep. You can rollover to Mattel's blatant profiteering off inclusivity hype with thehr legacy of gender stereotypes and female ideals. I'll remain bitter and call out their bullshit.
Did you not notice you're in nottheonion?
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What are you talking about? Are you saying that Type 1 causes eating disorders? What does that have to do with what I was saying?
What does that have to do with what I was saying?
In the context of what I was saying, everything. If you were just sprinkling random facts to random comments, then nothing. Because what you said had nothing to do with what I said. Maybe you were just responding to the wrong comment all along, haven't realised yet, and have gotten confused.
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Yep. You can rollover to Mattel's blatant profiteering off inclusivity hype with thehr legacy of gender stereotypes and female ideals. I'll remain bitter and call out their bullshit.
Did you not notice you're in nottheonion?
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They're on a crusade against insulin pumps because their friend's disordered eating habits were triggered by weight gain from an insuline pump. This ignores the fact that people without insuline pumps also develop eating disorders, diabulimia has been a thing for decades.
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Yep. You can rollover to Mattel's blatant profiteering off inclusivity hype with thehr legacy of gender stereotypes and female ideals. I'll remain bitter and call out their bullshit.
Did you not notice you're in nottheonion?
it's barely any change at all and it lets some kids have fun, with the tiny upside that maybe my friend's insulin pump won't get mistaken for a 1990's pager. they're going to sell dolls anyways, why not add this accessory?
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Thanks, Captain.
A broad DCCT (Diabetes Control and Complications Trial) study conducted in the United States, with a population of people living with Type 1 diabetes, established that intensive insulin-based treatments (pump or at least three insulin injections per day, with a view to returning blood sugar levels to a normal range) which allowed for better control over blood sugar levels, had also caused an average weight gain of 4.8 kg compared with traditional treatments (a maximum of two insulin injections per day and broader blood sugar targets).
I have a friend with T1 that used to skip meals to stay skinny after switching to a pump caused weight gain that couldn't be exercised off. This is what young girls do.
Are you a Mattel employee?
is your criticism that you oppose insulin pumps?
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is your criticism that you oppose insulin pumps?
How could someone's mind possibly extract that from anything I've said, or are you just trying to be a troll?
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it's barely any change at all and it lets some kids have fun, with the tiny upside that maybe my friend's insulin pump won't get mistaken for a 1990's pager. they're going to sell dolls anyways, why not add this accessory?
That's clearly not the point of this entire post and why it's been posted where it has. Have you read the article? This isn't about what you're talking about.
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How could someone's mind possibly extract that from anything I've said, or are you just trying to be a troll?
the post i replied to there was only about insulin pumps. what do you think about insulin pumps?
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Geez. I wonder why they didn't include all the other ones...
Computer Engineer Barbie of 2010 was great. It included a backstory of accidentally getting a virus on her sister's computer as Barbie admits she knows nothing about computers, is just a designer, and relies on boys at her school to help. Of course the laptop was pink.
There's so, so, so many of these all the way up to now... Oreo Barbie, the Doll's of the World collection, the sleepover ones that have apparel that says "Don't Eat" on it.
If it's not clear now, Mattel relies on making Barbies that will make money at the time. So girls can be happy other girls manufactured dolls for them in factories in a country known as "Oriental". This is the point of the post.
All you've done is link their public-facing marketing material which implies it works.
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The doll is wearing an insulin pump
wrote last edited by [email protected]And it has Bluetooth connectivity to manage her A1C in the app.
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the post i replied to there was only about insulin pumps. what do you think about insulin pumps?
They pump insulin.
They're inconvenient, but much better than a few years ago. Having an app for the monitor now is a game-changer to avoid people hearing a self-destruct countdown beep under your shirt. But one of my friends actually still prefers shots three times a day, You just kind of get used to that if it's all you've ever known, so for some people it's not as big a deal as others make it out to be.
So with that out of the way, you may have replied to a comment mentioning insulin pumps, but what do they have to do with the post, anymore than the doll's hair colour?
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They're on a crusade against insulin pumps because their friend's disordered eating habits were triggered by weight gain from an insuline pump. This ignores the fact that people without insuline pumps also develop eating disorders, diabulimia has been a thing for decades.
No.
The topic is about Barbie.
If they're going to continue trying to be
relevent to combat declining sales"inclusive", they can't be making unrealistic dolls, especially when their whole mantra is a source of women's weight issues in society.And this ain't their first rodeo of making insulting versions of people in an effort to market themselves as inclusive. There are so, so, so many Barbies that show a company has no idea what they're doing but will sell anything out to flog a buck.
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And it has Bluetooth connectivity to manage her A1C in the app.
And the Barbie actually functions as an insulin pump for overnight trips.
